The cult television show Freaks and Geeks used music from the show's time period, 1980–1981 for its soundtrack. Because this called for using popular, established artists, purchasing the rights to use songs required much of the show's budget and became an obstacle in releasing the show on DVD; in fact, reruns seen on Fox Family replaced some of the songs with generic production music. However, Shout! Factory eventually brought Freaks and Geeks to DVD in 2004, with all of its music intact. Complete series soundtrack list The following is a complete list of the songs featured in Freaks and Geeks as they appear in the DVD booklet. Listed along with the titles of each song are the artist who performs the versions that appear in the series as well as the original album the track appeared on and that albums original year of release. The opening credits of each episode are accompanied by the song "Bad Reputation", performed by Joan Jett from her 1980 Bad Reputation album. 101: Pilot episode 102: Beers and Weirs 103: Tricks and Treats 104: Kim Kelly is My Friend 105: Tests and Breasts 106: I'm With the Band 107: Carded and Discarded 108: Girlfriends and Boyfriends 109: We've Got Spirit 110: The Diary 111: Looks and Books 112: The Garage Door 113: Chokin' and Tokin' 114: Dead Dogs and Gym Teachers 115: Noshing and Moshing 116: Smooching and Mooching 117: The Little Things 118: Discos and Dragons Notes and statistics Over 120 songs are featured in the series. The artist to be featured in the most episodes (5) is Van Halen. The artist with the most songs in the series (9) is The Who. The album to have the most songs in the series (5) is Van Halen's 1978 self-titled debut. The oldest song to appear on the series (1955) is "The Monster" by Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich. Other than instrumentals such as "Spacefunk" and score, and songs sung by characters such as "Lady L," the only songs to appear in the series that were not written or recorded until after 1981 are "Lime Green", "Happy Street" and "Punk Rock 101" by Diesel Boy (recorded in 1996). The only songs to be featured in more than one episode are "Stomp!" by Brothers Johnson, "When the Saints Go Marching In" by the McKinley High Marching Band and "Spacefunk" by Paul Feig (all of which were